Monday, March 19, 2012

Stacia & Stacey Giveaway Hop (Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card!)

Welcome to all of our fellow, and soon-to-be, Downside and Annabelle Lee groupies!

We are all very excited about the release of two highly anticipated novels...

And to celebrate, we at Addicted2Heroines, Christen @ Goldilox and the Three Weres, Miss Vain's Paranormal Fantasy, along with our amazing friends, are providing some kick ass giveaways for you.So let's get to it.

There are four opportunities to win.

The first prize is

Paperback copies of books 1 and 2 in Stacey Jay's Annabelle Lee series with a matching custom book thong from Dalla Luna. (US Giveaway)

The second prize

The first book in Stacey Jay's YA series

(US Giveaway)

The third prize

Stacia Kane's Sacrificial Magic, Downside Ghosts Book 4

(International Giveaway in paperback or e-book format)

And last, but certainly not least, the fourth giveaway is a $50 Amazon GiftCard (US/CA). Fill out the second Rafflecopter for a chance to win.

Stacia: If you click on the "Chats" line in your gmail menu, it'll bring up old chats, and you can open them and see how the formatting goes.Stacey: How about we chat and then you copy and paste for me? *bats eyelashes* *is delicate and needs to be coddled today*Stacia: Lol, no problem, I can do that.Stacey: My heroStacia: Let me go pee first, since I totally should have done that before.And yes, I am.Stacey: This is going in the interview. That you pee a lotStacia: Hahahahahah!Stacey: I pee a lot too. This could get ugly. Go. Pee. I'll sit here and drink coffee so I can pee later.*drinks coffee**drinks coffee*Stacia: Yay! I just peed, and later you'll pee! There's that psychic connection again. OMG we are both women who sometimes pee.*We-have-trouble-staying-on-task chitchat eliminated*Stacey: And now I'm going to ask you a question. Ready?Stacia: Okay!Stacey: So, people say that Chess and Annabelle have a lot in common, that they, too, are women who both pee and are in other ways soul sisters. Would you agree? I have my thoughts. Of course. But interested in your take.Stacia: Lol. I think they have a lot in common, yeah, totally. I mean, aside from the obvious. Because to me it's not what they do--as far as having a dependency or habit or whatever--that makes them similar so much as the fact that they're both, maybe, representative of types of women who don't always get represented?Stacey: Yes. I get that.Stacia: I mean, it seems sometimes women, especially in genre fiction, are really given narrow parameters and there's only a very narrow field of "acceptable" qualities/behavior. And I think Chess and Annabelle both step out of that field to some degree. I think that's why the readers who've connected with them have connected SO STRONGLY, so much more--from what I've seen--than with other characters they love and care about. Because Chess and Annabelle reflect another side of women that isn't often found in books…a side that many women identify with but can't find. So they really connect with that, because finally here's a character like them, even if they don't have the kinds of issues Chess and Annabelle have.Stacey: The part that isn't always perfect. Or strong.Stacia: Yes. They're not perfect. And I don't think reading them makes the reader wonder what's wrong with them that they don't agree with what the heroine is doing or don't understand why they're getting upset or whatever. If you know what I mean. Instead of reading about an unrealistically perfect woman they can never hope to be, they see that actually, who they are is okay and there are still people who will like/love/care about them even though they aren't perfect.Stacey: Exactly. We all have moments of weakness. What's interesting to me is seeing a character who is in a hard place trying to sort things out for herself, to make her own way. If the character starts out as a super hero, where does she really have to go from there?Stacia: YES.Stacey: And I think there is HUGE pressure for women to present this perfect, modern, feminine image.Stacia: YES.Stacey: We must be strong and tough and take no prisoners and look great in a mini skirt while we do it. I didn't want to write that woman. I wanted to write a woman who wasn't interested in being that woman.Stacia: And we must also love kids and want babies and be great with animals and heal the sick and all of that, too.Stacey: And work in a soup kitchen.Stacia: And YES, again. As a writer a character like that just isn't that interesting. Someone who's just so cute and adorable and nice just...other people can write them, and that's great and they can be really fun/interesting to read, but to me as a writer they're just not challenging. I'm not really interested in getting in their heads.

We will be posting this discussion in its entirety later on next week, so be sure to check back with us. Thanks for stopping by! Please visit the other blogs participating in the hop!

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I will admit, because I am sure you will not tell anyone, I have been lusting after Stacy Kay's Annabell Lee series and Stacia Kane's Sacrificial Magic. I have am cover gal and they all nabbed me at first site, then the synopses drew me in, and the interview has rocketed me over the mooooon! I neeeedsss these books :)

I really hope to discover the annabell Lee serie by stacy kay because i've heard a lot of good things about about it so thanks you so much for this hop and the opportunity it offers us now i have at least one opportunity to sacrifial magic from Satcia Kane that's better than nothing ^^

lol, what a great idea to have a little hop to promote Stacia Kane's and Stacy Jay's books (see how I mentioned them both!?) I love A2H because of all the cool graphic novel stuff! I find all sorts of cool things here :)

Addicted2Heroines is an awesome site ;) I have devoured Stacia Kane's Downside series and am waiting for the fourth and fifth books to come out! I have not read Stacey Jay but am putting her on my to read shelf on both Goodreads.com and Amazon :)

Dead on the Delta sounds like a great start to the series. Since I haven't read any of these books yet, this would be the place to start. Sounds like Stacy Jay writes very enjoyable books that keep the reader interested. Thanks to addicted2heroines for this giveaway. I would also like the $50 gift card because then I could get exactly what I want, even for my grandaughter. Stacy Jay's books would not be appropriate!

I haven't read anything by these authors, but since I hear everyone talking about the books they must be amazing. I would love to read them. I also will say, I am Addicted2Heroines, I'm not a fan of the too stupid to live heroines, give me the kick butt ones any day.

I have enjoyed you blog posts for as long as I have subscribed. Not only do you have wonderful contests, but you also have extremely entertaining and sometimes just out-right funny posts! And I love you blog title. Who isn't addicted to them?

I haven't read any of their books yet, but I have heard of them and have had a couple on my TBR list for a while. And the cover for Sacrificial Magic is terrific! Thanks so much for the giveaway!Kendra

I must admit...I haven't read any of the books yet, they are still on my TBR list waiting for their turn. That being said...I have effectively stalked Addicted2Heroines for a while and attempt to keep up with everything. I love the interviews, reviews, contests, everything! I look forward to my emails!!

So I'm playing catch up with Stacia Kane's Downside Ghosts series and I heard I will NOT be disappointed with it. So I'd like me some Stacey Jane, I love redheads and Annabelle Lee is fiery so I'd love me some of that! Thanks for the giveaway girls!

I have read all of Stacia Kanes books up to Sacrifical Magic and LOVE them. Team Terrible !I have had Dead on the Delta on my TBR list and could not find it at my local book store. I would love to win it.I adore the real women characters with deep problems and realistic ways of dealing with them.

This is such a fantastic giveaway, thanks for the chance to enter! I just happened upon your blog, and I must say that I like what I see so far (especially since I just started getting into the Adult PNR genre. So it'll be nice to read your reviews & add new titles to my wishlist). =D

Sadly I have not read any books by these two awesome authors yet, but I have heard nothing but great things about them! I am definitely putting Stacey's Annabelle Lee series and Stacia's Downside Ghost series on my wishlist! =)

So fun seeing these authors together on their release day! I'm a big fan of both. I was lucky enough to get an eARC of Sacrificial Magic and it's fantastic, if you guys don't win you should absolutely buy it, it's one of the few books I've given 5 stars to. Getting a chance to own the real book or any of Stacey's books would be such a treat. (The ARC disappears after 55 days and I have to get most of my books from the library these days.) I just love these real women who aren't superheroes, who are just trying to be brave and strong under extraordinary circumstances. Thanks for the opportunity, ATH.